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Dewey and Other Naval CommandersDewey and Other Naval CommandersI purpose telling you in the following pages about the exploits of the gallant men who composed the American Navy, beginning with the Revolution and ending with the story of their wonderful deeds in our late war with Spain. You...
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome V. BronzesAntiquités d'Herculanum, Tome V. BronzesFIG. I. Nous suivons un ordre naturel en commenant la suite des figures entires par les Divinits. Jupiter, le souverain des Dieux, doit paratre le premier; on le reconnat facilement ce caractre donn de grandeur et de majest, sa chevelure...
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome IV. BronzesAntiquités d'Herculanum, Tome IV. BronzesNous suivons, dans cette dition, la classification adopte par les Acadmiciens d'Herculanum. La peinture a occup trois volumes; deux volumes renfermeront ce que la Statuaire a vu ressusciter des fouilles de la Campanie, c'est--dire, les Bronzes, Bas-reliefs, Bustes et Statues;...
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome III. PeinturesAntiquités d'Herculanum, Tome III. PeinturesCes deux peintures sur fond noir, trouves ensemble dans les fouilles de Gragnano, paraissent avoir quelque rapport entre elles. Dans la premire, on voit une jeune femme assise sur un sige dor, demi-nue, avec une draperie rouge bordure blanche, tenant...
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome II. PeinturesAntiquités d'Herculanum, Tome II. PeinturesLe Dieu de la posie est reprsent assis sur un trne, et jouissant de ce calme heureux, ami des vers et de l'imagination. Toute son attitude caractrise le repos, sur-tout ce bras repli sur sa tte, ainsi qu'on le voit...
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome I. PeinturesAntiquités d'Herculanum, Tome I. PeinturesLES ANTIQUITS D'HERCULANUM ont offert une source fconde de richesses aux arts et aux manufactures. En ddiant cette dition leur illustre Protecteur, nous lui offrons un faible hommage de notre reconnaissance, et regardons comme une nouvelle faveur l'accueil dont il...
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome VI. Lampes et candélabresAntiquités d'Herculanum, Tome VI. Lampes et candélabresCe 6e volume, contenant les Lampes et les Candlabres, fait, dans notre division, la troisime partie des Antiquits d'Herculanum, et, dans des monumens plus simples, offre un degr d'intrt qui le rend encore prcieux aprs l'exposition des Peintures...
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Alsace, Lorraine et France rhénaneAlsace, Lorraine et France rhénane - Exposé des droits historiques de la France sur toute la rive gauche du Rhin * * * * * _M. l'abb Coub publie un expos des droits historiques de la France sur la rive gauche du Rhin. C'est...
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History of the Plague in LondonHistory of the Plague in LondonThe father of Daniel Defoe was a butcher in the parish of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, London. In this parish, probably, Daniel Defoe was born in 1661, the year after the restoration of Charles II. The boy's parents wished him...
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The Future of IslamThe Future of IslamThese essays, written for the Fortnightly Review in the summer and autumn of 1881, were intended as first sketches only of a maturer work which the author hoped, before giving finally to the public, to complete at leisure, and develop in...
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A School History of the Great WarA School History of the Great WarThis brief history of the world's greatest war was prepared upon the suggestion of the National Board for Historical Service. Its purpose is to expand into an historical narrative the outline of the study of the war which...
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"Over There" with the Australians"Over There" with the Australians Here where I sit, mucked-up with Flanders mud, Wrapped-round with clothes to keep the Winter out, Ate-up wi' pests a bloke don't care to name To ears polite, I'm glad I'm here all right; A man must fight for...
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Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel IslandsWitchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands - Transcripts from the Official Records of the Guernsey Royal Court, with an English Translation and Historical IntroductionThe Witchcraft superstitions of the Channel Islands, sad as they were in their characteristics and resultsas is abundantly evidenced...
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Life of Adam SmithLife of Adam SmithThe fullest account we possess of the life of Adam Smith is still the memoir which Dugald Stewart read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on two evenings of the winter of 1793, and which he subsequently published as a separate...
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Noções elementares de archeologiaNoções elementares de archeologiaArchitecto da Casa Real, Socio correspondente do Instituto de Frana, Honorario do Instituto Real dos Architectos Britannicos, da Sociedade Franceza de Archeologia, da Sociedade Central dos Architectos de Paris, correspondente da Academia Real de S. Fernando, fundador do Museu de Archeologia...
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The Ethics of George Eliot's WorksThe Ethics of George Eliot's WorksIt is a source of great gratification to the friends of the author that his little volume has already been so well received that the second edition has been out of print for some time. In now publishing a...
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The Makers of Canada: Bishop LavalThe Makers of Canada: Bishop LavalIf, standing upon the threshold of the twentieth century, we cast a look behind us to note the road traversed, the victories gained by the great army of Christ, we discover everywhere marvels of abnegation and sacrifice; everywhere we...
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A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture GrowthA Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth. - Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 467-522It is conceded that the peculiarities of a culture-status are...
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Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 - Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's GovernmentThe task of the Editor of these volumes has been principally one of arrangement and compression. The late lamented...
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Armageddon—And AfterArmageddon—And AfterI dedicate this little book to the young idealists of this and other countries, for several reasons. They must, obviously, be young, because their older contemporaries, with a large amount of experience of earlier conditions, will hardly have the courage to deal with...
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